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Definition of Enfired
1. enfire [v] - See also: enfire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfired
Literary usage of Enfired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"48. enfired, kindled, set on fire. Spenser, Hymn to Love, 169. enform, to mould,
fashion. Spenser, FQ v. 6. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1793)
"... enfired, and he then, gave in the following declaration : That, out of ii\
votes, 366 were for death, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... enfired by my kneed quill. KNEELING AFTER A PLAY. It was the custom for the
actors in every theatre, at the conclusion of the play, or of the epilogue, ..."
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